Seem to me that an architect is just an engineer with an art degree 🤔 surely there’s more.
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Architects design the building, they are creating the main set of construction documents (blueprints). They are responsible for the entirety of the project, rather than a singular scope, such as a structural engineer, or electrical engineer, etc. The Architect puts together the floor plans and determines the dimensions and locations of things such as doors, windows, they are the ones considering all the building codes, ie. how many exits are needed for occupancy, what the occupancy is, how many restrooms, and toilets are needed. Architects also create the details on how the building is assembled. As well as pick out the materials of the building.
The engineers take those construction documents, (and in today’s time) they will also generally take a 3D model (most architects and engineers create in Revit), to complete the design in their specialty. A structural engineer will determine how the building will actually stand, where to put the rebar, beams, columns, etc. They make sure the building can stand up. An electrical engineer will make sure the building has enough power, they create the lighting plans, power plans (where the outlets are located), if has electrical elements to it they will make sure it works. There’s also the plumbing, which a lot of times tends to be mechanical engineers, plumbing takes care of all the pipes, making sure the building gets the water needed for every sink, toilet, sprinkler, etc.
To create a building, it takes countless amounts of people, and an architect and engineers are only a few of them.
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